Float handle



oct. 19, 1937. s, T, STEEL 2,096,655

FLOAT HANDLE Filed July 28, 193e Patented Oct. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT'OFFICE 2,096,655 FLOAT HANDLE Samuel T. Steel, Philadelphia, Pa. Application July 2s, 193s, serial No. 93,097 s claims. `(o1. 16-114) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in oats of the character used when working with plaster, cement and the like materials, and more particularly to detachable handles or grips for devices of this general nature.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a detachable handle or grip fo-r oats of the character set forth which is novelly constructed and arranged to permit ready attachment to or detachment from devices of that nature.

Another object of the invention is to provide a detachable handle or grip of the character set forth which is novelly constructed and arranged so that when attached to the float will eliminate the usual tendency for floats of this character to become warped.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the stated character which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture involving comparatively few parts.

These and other objects of the invention and the features and details of construction thereof are set forth hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a float having a handle or grip made in accordance with the present invention secured to the upper face thereof;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation view of the disclosure in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in section on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detached view in perspective of a part of the present invention sho-Wing certain details of construction thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, reference numeral I designates a hand grip section which is slightly curved to better conform to the fit of the hand of the user. This hand grip section is preferably composed of wood, although other materials may be employed without departing from the invention, and a bracket 2, best illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing, is secured to each end of said hand grip section I at the under side thereof by means of rivets, bolts or like securing means 3 in the manner shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

In the present instance, the lower central portion of the vertical leg of each of the brack-A ets 2 is pressed out as indicated 4at 4 to form one side of a socket, and the portions of said brackets 2 immediately above said pressed out portion 4 are cut away or removed to provide openings 5, the purpose for which will be set idly thereagainst.

forth hereinafter. The other side of the socket is formed by means of va clamp or like member 6 which is secured by rivets or the like I to the inner face of each of the brackets 2 and provided with a pressed out portion 8 constructed and arranged to cooperate with the pressed out portion 4 of the bracket 2 to completethe socket.

A lag screw 9 is mounted in the socket formed by the pressed out portions 4 and 8 and supported therein by the head I9 thereof, which resides in the opening 5 previously mentioned. As shown, the head I 0 of each lag screw 9 is provided with recesses or holes I I in the several side faces thereof for reception of a nail or other suitable element I2 by means of which said screw may be `turned in the socket.

The lower edge or surface I3 of the vertical leg portion of each of the brackets 2 is extended as shown to provide a comparatively long bearing upon the float board I4 to which the handle is attached, and this lower end edge or surface I3 of each of said brackets is preferably slightly concave in form so that the outer end portions I5 of said edges or surfaces I3 will bear solidly against the upper face of the float board and prevent the latter from warping.

To attach the handle to a float board, the j former is pushed down against the upper face of the latter and the screws 9 turned by means of the nail or like element I2 which is inserted in one of the recesses or holes II therein so as to cause said screws 9 to penetrate the said board as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The screws 9 should penetrate the float board I4 to an extent that the handle will be tightly secured to the upper face of said iloat, so that the lower edges or surf-aces I3 of the brackets 2 bear sol- To detach the handle from the float board I4, it is merely necessary to disengage the screws 9 therefrom by rotating or turning said screws in a direction oppositeto that employed to secure the handle to said float.

While one specific embodiment o-f the invention has been set forth herein for purposes of description, it is not intended that the invention shall be precisely limited to such disclosure, but that changes and modifications in the construction and arrangement thereof may be incorporated within the scope of the annexed claims.

a comparatively long bearing on said float, and means mounted in each of said brackets operable to detachably secure the handle to the float board.

2. A detachable handle for float boards comprising a hand grip, brackets secured to the ends of said hand grip and including a vertical leg portion having an extended slightly concave lower edge arranged to Contact the surface of a oat board toy provide a comparatively long bearing on said oat and prevent warping thereof, and means mounted in each of said brackets operable to detachably secure the handle to the oat board.

3. A detachable handle structure of the character described including a hand grip, a bracket secured at each end of said hand grip and including a portion having an extended surface arranged to contact the surface of an article to which said handle may be secured to provide a comparatively long bearing for the handle thereon and means associated with each of said brackets operable to detachably secure the handle structure to such article.

4. A detachable handle structure of the character described including a hand grip, a bracket secured at. each end of said hand grip ,and including a portion having an extended slightly `concave surface arranged to Contact the surface of an article toy which said handle may be secured to provide a comparatively long bearing for the handle thereon, and means associated With each of said brackets operable to detachably secure the handle structure to such article.

5. A detachable handle structure of the character described including a hand grip, a bracket secured at each end of said hand grip and including a portion having an extended surface disposed transversely of the hand grip and arranged to contact the Ysurface of an article to` which said handle may be secured to provide a comparatively long bearing for the handle thereon, and means associated with each of said brackets operable to detfwhably secure the handle structure toI such article. Y

6. 'A detachable handle structure of the character described including a hand grip, a bracket secured at each end of said hand grip and including a portion having an extended slightly concavesurface disposed transversely of the hand grip yand arranged to contact the surface of an article to which said handle may be secured to provide acomparatively long bearing for the handle thereon, and means associated with each of said brackets operable to detachably secure the handle structure to such article.

SAMUEL T. STEEL. 

